The opera's libretto is based on the 1784 stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro ("The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro").
The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro|links=no, ), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786.
Da Ponte was paid 200 florins. ==Performance history== Figaro premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786, with a cast listed in the "Roles" section below.
The first production was given eight further performances, all in 1786. Although the total of nine performances was nothing like the frequency of performance of Mozart's later success, The Magic Flute, which for months was performed roughly every other day, the premiere is generally judged to have been a success.
You will therefore cause some posters to this effect to be printed. The requested posters were printed up and posted in the Burgtheater in time for the third performance on 24 May. The newspaper Wiener Realzeitung carried a review of the opera in its issue of 11 July 1786.
In summer 1790 Haydn attempted to produce the work with his own company at Eszterháza, but was prevented from doing so by the death of his patron, Nikolaus Esterházy. ===Other early performances=== The Emperor requested a special performance at his palace theatre in Laxenburg, which took place in June 1786. The opera was produced in Prague starting in December 1786 by the Pasquale Bondini company.
This production was a tremendous success; the newspaper Prager Oberpostamtszeitung called the work "a masterpiece", and said "no piece (for everyone here asserts) has ever caused such a sensation." Local music lovers paid for Mozart to visit Prague and hear the production; he listened on 17 January 1787, and conducted it himself on the 22nd.
The success of the Prague production led to the commissioning of the next Mozart/Da Ponte opera, Don Giovanni, premiered in Prague in 1787 (see Mozart and Prague). The work was not performed in Vienna during 1787 or 1788, but starting in 1789 there was a revival production.
The success of the Prague production led to the commissioning of the next Mozart/Da Ponte opera, Don Giovanni, premiered in Prague in 1787 (see Mozart and Prague). The work was not performed in Vienna during 1787 or 1788, but starting in 1789 there was a revival production.
The success of the Prague production led to the commissioning of the next Mozart/Da Ponte opera, Don Giovanni, premiered in Prague in 1787 (see Mozart and Prague). The work was not performed in Vienna during 1787 or 1788, but starting in 1789 there was a revival production.
To replace "Deh vieni|italic=no" he wrote "Al desio di chi t'adora|italic=no" – "[come and fly] To the desire of [the one] who adores you" (K. 577) in July 1789, and to replace "Venite, inginocchiatevi|italic=no" he wrote "Un moto di gioia|italic=no" – "A joyous emotion", (K. 579), probably in mid-1790. ==Roles== The voice types which appear in this table are those listed in the critical edition published in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe.
In summer 1790 Haydn attempted to produce the work with his own company at Eszterháza, but was prevented from doing so by the death of his patron, Nikolaus Esterházy. ===Other early performances=== The Emperor requested a special performance at his palace theatre in Laxenburg, which took place in June 1786. The opera was produced in Prague starting in December 1786 by the Pasquale Bondini company.
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